Government discusses military presence abroad

Czech soldiers from the anti-chemical unit will help guard next month's NATO summit in Latvia, the cabinet, which is expected to resign next week, decided on Wednesday. Twenty-seven experts on chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear weapons will be deployed to Riga, where they will serve from November 21 to December 9. The Czech contingent will be part of a multi-national unit but its expenses paid for by the Czech Republic, the Defence Ministry said.

The government also decided to send three specialists on pyrotechnics to Lebanon. The team is to take part in the UN's peace-keeping unit UNIFIL.